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Hosni Mubarak
Most of the world mourned the death of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated in 1981. However, in Egypt, where Sadat had been deeply unpopular, people held a …
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end the violence in Northern Ireland, a conflict dating back to the division of …
United Arab Emirates
Formed in 1971, the United Arab Emirates comprises seven individual emirates, where vast amounts of oil were discovered in the 1950s. With an oil reserve that makes up almost …
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Chronicles the history of the first African American professional nurse and the struggles and contributions of African American nurses through the start of the twenty-first …
Randy Johnson
Standing 6 feet 10 inches tall, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson is one of the tallest players in Major League Baseball history, and his accomplishments on the diamond …
Bashar Al-Assad
This series contains absorbing accounts of the leaders who have changed the course of history. Bashar al-Assad chose to pursue a career in medicine, the untimely death of his older …
Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente's life represents the ultimate rags-to-riches story. Growing up in poverty in Puerto Rico, the young Clemente never imagined that through baseball, he would have …
Jackie Robinson
This is an insightful biography of the man who crossed and conquered the color barrier in baseball.Before 1947, professional baseball was as segregated as the rest of American …
Felipe Calderon
As a schoolboy, Felipe Calderon told his teacher that he wanted to be the president of Mexico one day. In 2006, he achieved that goal, but it was in the midst of one of the …
Silvio Berlusconi
Elected Prime Minister in mya 2001, Berlusconi is not only Italy's richest man but also the unrivalled owner of a vast business empire.